Managing streetlights

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, information representative of a location and status of a streetlight included in a network of streetlights;

identifying a plurality of streetlights from the network for inclusion in a group of streetlights, wherein the group of streetlights is identified to achieve a particular level of illumination in a surrounding ground area where the group of streetlights is located, wherein the particular level of illumination in the surrounding ground area is estimated based on geographic features of the surrounding ground area; and

initiating delivery of one or more control signals to the group of streetlights.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each streetlight in the group of streetlights is identified based on at least one of the location of the streetlight, a time of day, a time of year, and one or more geographic features of an area in which the streetlight is located.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the geographic features as user-inputs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group of streetlights is identified based on one or more parameters associated with the group, the parameters being selected from a set including: location of neighboring trees or buildings, lamp wattages, lamp life, and lamp light patterns.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more control signals are initiated based on user-defined conditional logic related to the received location and status information from one or more streetlights.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each streetlight in the group is identified to also achieve a particular energy consumption level.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more control signals can be configured to activate the group of streetlights upon detecting motion in the area.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular level of illumination is estimated based also on locations of one or more obstructions that prevent light from one or more streetlights in the plurality of streetlights from reaching the surrounding ground area.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic features include changes in elevations in the surrounding ground area.

10. A system comprising:

memory; and

one or more processors configured to:

receive information representative of a location and status of a streetlight included in a network of streetlights;

identify a plurality of streetlights from the network for inclusion in a group of streetlights, wherein the group of streetlights is identified to achieve a particular level of illumination in a surrounding ground area where the group of streetlights is located, wherein the particular level of illumination in the surrounding ground area is estimated based on geographic features of the surrounding ground area; and

initiate delivery of one or more control signals to the group of streetlights.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to identify each streetlight in the group of streetlights based on at least one of the location of the streetlight, a time of day, a time of year, and one or more geographic features of an area in which the streetlight is located.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to identify the group of streetlights based on one or more parameters associated with the group, the parameters being selected from a set including: location of neighboring trees or buildings, lamp wattages, lamp life, and lamp light patterns.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more control signals are initiated based on user-defined conditional logic related to the received location and status information from one or more streetlights.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to identify each streetlight in the group to also achieve a particular energy consumption level.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more control signals can be configured to activate the group of streetlights upon detecting motion in the area.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive the geographic features as user-inputs.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the particular level of illumination is estimated based also on locations of one or more obstructions that prevent light from one or more streetlights in the plurality of streetlights from reaching the surrounding ground area.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the geographic features include changes in elevations in the surrounding ground area.

19. A computer-readable storage device storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computing devices which, upon execution, causes the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving information representative of a location and status of a streetlight included in a network of streetlights;

identifying a plurality of streetlights from the network for inclusion in a group of streetlights, wherein the group of streetlights is identified to achieve a particular level of illumination in a surrounding ground area where the group of streetlights is located, wherein the particular level of illumination in the surrounding ground area is estimated based on geographic features of the surrounding ground area; and

initiating delivery of one or more control signals to the group of streetlights.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 19 , wherein the particular level of illumination is estimated based also on locations of one or more obstructions that prevent light from one or more streetlights in the plurality of streetlights from reaching the surrounding ground area.